A couple of years ago a very funny thing happened at the Lyric Opera of Chicago involving orchestra musicians, administrators, and wacky street musician hustlers. I did not witness any of this, but I have heard the same tale from several Lyric musicians, so I hope...
Tim Pearson sent me another Wilbur Hall video which is completely amazing. I’d like to have been a fly on the wall for this guy’s practice sessions:
There is a great new story I just read about an unnamed ROPA orchestra and a funny thing that happened during an audition. I am definitely a fan of funny audition stories. Check it out on E.C.D.’s Dragons and Princesses blog here.
This note was on the stands of the entire orchestra at a gig I played last night. It was for a piece that we hadn’t rehearsed but would be playing as an encore that night. This was the flowchart describing which repeats to take and which parts came in what...
Tim Pearson recently sent me a link to this Wilbur Hall video. Check out Wilbur’s crazy shoes, and see if you can count how many quotes he throws in here:
